COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
Record
Accession Number:
29852
File Name:
29852-000
Call number:
Cabinet Ce739 /1
Map title:
The ichnography of Charles-Town at high water
Place of Publication:
London
Publisher:
B. Roberts and W. H. Toms
Publication date:
June 9, 1739
Map size height:
37 cm.
Map size width:
54 cm.
Item description:
Engraved map, colored
Geographical description:
Plan of Charleston, South Carolina. Includes location of public buildings. References below, outside neat line, lettered A-vv. Inset at upper left: A sketch of the harbour. In ms. on reverse, "Charles-town." Dedication to "Carolo Pinckney" by "G.H." At lower right: "G: H: delin: W: H: Toms sculpt."
Cartobibliographic notes:
"G.H." probably George Hunter, Surveyor-General of Carolina.
References:
Cumming, Southeast, no. 244; Reps, Making of urban America, p. [78]; Phillips, Maps:220; BMPM 4/95
Geographic Area:
North America
Normalized date:
1739
LC bibliographic number:
b5396181x
Creator:
Hunter, George, d. 1755
Creator:
Toms, William Henry, ca. 1723-1758
The ichnography of Charles-Town at high water
